It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers (生產(chǎn)商)follow certain uniform standards for various features(特征)of clothes．What seems strange，however，is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men．Take a look at the way your clothes button．Men’s clothes tend to button from the right, and women’s from the left．Considering most of the world’s population—men and women — are right-handed，the men’s standard would appear to make more sense for women．So why do women’s clothes button from the left?
History really seems to matter here．Buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the l7th century，when rich women were dressed by servants．For the mostly right-handed servants，having women’s shirts button from the left would be easier．On the other hand，having men’s shirts button from the fight made sense，too．Most men dressed themselves，and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt．
Today women are seldom dressed by servants，but buttoning from the left is still the standard for them．Is it interesting? Actually，a standard，once set，resists change．At a time when all women’s shirts buttoned from the left，it would have been risky for any single manufacturer to offer women’s shirts that buttoned from the right．After all，women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch．Besides，some women might have found it socially awkward to appear in public wearing shirts that buttoned from the fight，since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing men’s shirts．
小題1:What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?
A．It has been followed by the industry for over 400 years．
B．It is different for men’s clothing and women’s．
C．It works better with men than with women.
D．It fails to consider right-handed people．
小題2:What do we know about the rich men in the 17th century?
A．They tended to wear clothes without buttons．B．They were interested in historical matters．
C．They were mostly dressed by servants．D．They drew their swords from the left．
小題3:Women’s clothes still button from the left today because _______.
A．a(chǎn)dopting men’s style is improper for womenB．manufacturers should follow standards
C．modern women dress themselvesD．customs are hard to change
小題4: The passage is mainly developed by ________．
A．a(chǎn)nalyzing causesB．making comparisons
C．examining differencesD．following the time order

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A．have to part from their families to work at the Tower
B．a(chǎn)re currently working as bodyguards for the king
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D．a(chǎn)re fond of eating beef
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A．King Henry III kept lions and elephants in it．
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If you spend hours looking through fashion magazines and like making your own clothes, a career as a fashion designer might be right for you. You do not have to go to design school to become a fashion designer, but many people who want a career in this field do. One of the most famous places to study is the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. It is located in the heart of the “garment” district on Eighth Avenue, also known as Fashion Avenue.
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B．It serves as a background
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A．Unwilling.
B．Serious.
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D．Doubtful
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A．The Times to offer free access to its web site.
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A．the Irish character
B．Irish culture
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In many cultures white is often associated with something positive. A white-collar job, for instance, is the kind of job many people look for, working with your brain and not your hands.

White has a clean and pure image. That is why doctors, dentists, and nurses usually wear white uniforms. Babies are dressed in white at baptisms（洗禮）and brides wear white wedding gowns at weddings. White in these cases is the symbol of innocence or purity.
Sometimes white is used in expressions that are not good. “Whitewash” is one such expression. At first, “whitewash” meant to paint over something with white paint to make it look better. However, it means something different today: to hide or to cover up mistakes or failures.
A “white elephant” is another example of white used in a negative way. In ancient Thailand, a white elephant was regarded as a sacred animal, but it was very expensive to keep. The kings of those days presented a white elephant to the people they wanted to ruin. Once they received this holy, royal animal as a gift, they were not allowed to sell or kill it. Today, a “white elephant” means something that is big, useless, and unwanted. In America, when people want to get rid of their furniture or clothes, they often have a “white elephant sale”.
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C．some interesting customs in English culture
D．some useful English words and expressions
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B．A bride wears a white wedding gown.
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D．A girl finds a white collar job.
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A．a(chǎn) white-elephant sale is useful to the poor
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In a book called Magnificent Obsession, by Lloyd C. Douglas, a description is given of people helping others but doing it secretly. When difficult problems worried an individual, friends nearby would meet to discuss possible solutions without the individual knowing their actions. When a solution was agreed upon, one or two of the friends would carry out the plan and solve the problem secretly, to the great delight of the worried individual. The helpers would stand by privately, content with their success. No reward was given to the problem solvers, not even a sincere “thank you”, because they were never known.
This concept is popular today but in a different way. The phrase “pay it forward” is now used when one person helps another. However, the person helped may not be able to repay the person or group that helped them. So rather than return the favor to their helpers, they are supposed to help someone else in the future, which means they pay it forward. It is a sense of responsibility which makes us want to give back in equal measure to the one who has helped us. But, in this case, the responsibility turns to helping someone in the future.
Suppose your elderly grandmother pays part of your schooling. She may tell you there is no need to repay her because it is a gift from someone who loves you very much. Nothing would please her more than to have you use her money to get a good education.
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B．they expected to be paid back in the future.
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D．they had solved the problems secretly
小題2: The underlined word “pay it forward” means ________.                    
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C．to help someone who has helped you
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A．We should also lend a hand to other people in need of help.
B．We should work hard to get a good education.
C．We should learn to respect our grandparents.
D．We should never forget to repay people for their help.
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British people have the worst quality of life in Europe, according to a report which highlights （強(qiáng)調(diào)) the long hours, bad weather, low life expectancy and high price of many goods.
In a study of ten of the largest European countries, Britain, which was considered a popular country to live in, now comes last followed by Ireland, with France and Spain topping the table.
Though British families enjoy the highest income in Europe, they still have to fight with a high cost of living, with fuel, food and alcohol all costing more than the European average.
With the high price of petrol, the UK is the second most expensive country in Europe. However, diesel (柴油) is more expensive in the UK than anywhere else in Europe.
The report by the website uSwitch analyses 10 European countries against 17 different benchmarks(基準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)), from the price of gas, electricity, fuel, food and drink to the money each country spends on education, health to working conditions and the weather.
The top three countries are France, Spain and Denmark, with Sweden, Ireland and Britain coming eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.
The study comes less than a week after the United Nations moved Britain out of the top 20 list of most desirable countries to live in for the first time.
Although France and Germany were at the beginning hit hard by the global financial crisis, both have officially got out of the trouble, while Britain has yet to prove this has happened. Later this week, despite (盡管) signs of recovery in the housing market and rising sales, unemployment is still expected to have climbed to above 2.5 million for the first time since 1994.
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A．Ireland.B．France.C．Sweden.D．Denmark
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A．British families are suffering from the high cost of living.
B．The report comes after the website uSwitch analysed 10 Asian countries.
C．The price of petrol is higher in Britain than anywhere else in Europe.
D．The quality of British life is reported to be terrible because of the bad working conditions.
小題3:The underlined word “desirable” probably means          .
A．terribleB．a(chǎn)ttractiveC．expensiveD．different
小題4: What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．Britain is still struggling to get out of the global financial crisis.
B．Unemployment in Britain is expected to go down soon.
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D．Britain has recovered from the crisis together with France and Germany.

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As is known to all, colors appear in every language to express people’s feeling and thoughts. Then, what is the situation in American English?
Red is a hot color. Americans may say they are red hot about something unfair. They are red hot when they are very angry about something. The small hot-tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland Jazz.
Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It comes from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that shows that they are in good health.
The color black is often used in expressions. People describe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day. People or things on a blacklist are connected with things illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.
The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.
Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because green is the color of the back side of the paper money.
小題1:Americans use “red hot” to describe the following EXCEPT _______.
A．something unfairB．small hot-tasting peppers
C．the person who is very angryD．popular music like Dixieland Jazz
小題2:When we say someone feels a little green, it means he/she _______.
A．enjoys himself in boatingB．is hit by a high wave
C．has a stomachacheD．likes trees and grass
小題3:In the writer’s eyes, what is related to a black day?
A．Being sent a beautiful gift.B．Passing a very difficult test.
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